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Control experiments suggested that the method underestimated loss by about 5%. Measurements of O<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> consumption were made concurrently by recording the volume change of the closed gas circuit.<\/jats:p><jats:p>2. The total basal EWL averaged 10\u00b78 g H<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>O\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>.hr in infants 2\u201010 days old when ambient water vapour pressure (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>H<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>O) was 18 mm Hg; basal EWL was correlated with basal metabolic rate at all ages studied and evaporative heat loss accounted for \u223c 23% of basal heat production.<\/jats:p><jats:p>3. Respiratory water loss was measured by detecting the water added to air at 33\u00b0 C passed across the face of eight infants in a trunk plethysmograph. Respiratory water loss was inversely related to the water vapour content of the inspired air; gas appeared to leave the nose \u223c 95% sat. at 35\u00b76\u00b0 C.<\/jats:p><jats:p>4. Measurements of total EWL were obtained when humidity was varied and skin loss was calculated by subtracting estimated respiratory loss from total loss; changing <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>H<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>O from 7 to 25 mm Hg appeared to decrease basal skin water loss by only 1\u00b75 g\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>.hr.<\/jats:p><jats:p>5. No consistent changes in EWL were obtained when environmental temperature (<jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>E<\/jats:sub>) was varied between 28 and 34\u00b0 C. Active sweating occurred in infants 0\u201010 days old born within 3 weeks of term when <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>E<\/jats:sub> exceeded 34\u201035\u00b0 C and rectal temperature (<jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>R<\/jats:sub>) rose above 37\u00b72\u00b0 C. The threshold rectal temperature at which sweating was detected fell significantly in the first 10 days of life; EWL increased two to fourfold when <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>R<\/jats:sub> rose to between 37\u00b75 and 37\u00b78\u00b0 C.<\/jats:p><jats:p>6. In infants of less than 215 days post\u2010conceptual age (term \u223c 268 days) EWL increased less than 50% at <jats:italic>T<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>R<\/jats:sub> 37\u00b77\u201037\u00b78\u00b0 C; it is concluded that the sweating mechanism is defective in these infants.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1113\/jphysiol.1969.sp008711","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,19]],"date-time":"2014-12-19T11:51:37Z","timestamp":1418989897000},"page":"605-619","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":127,"title":["Evaporative water loss in the new\u2010born baby"],"prefix":"10.1113","volume":"200","author":[{"given":"E. 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